New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to bring some new ideas to the table at his State of the City address, including a push for more electric vehicle (EV) parking.

At the State of the City address, which will take place today at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Mayor Bloomberg will propose the addition of parking spaces specifically for EVs. In fact, he wants 20 percent of any new parking added to the city to be EV-only, where the appropriate charging cables will be available for an easy hook-up. The city makes about 10,000 new spots annually.

Residents have already started speaking out about the idea, either saying that there aren't enough EVs in the city to justify the proposal or that it will likely increase adoption.

Mayor Bloomberg has been a major EV advocate in NYC. In 2007, he set a goal to make 13,000 of NYC's taxi's hybrids by 2012 in a project called the "Taxi of Tomorrow." In 2011, Mayor Bloomberg and Nissan Americas Chairman Carlos Tavares announced that the Nissan NV200 had been selected as the "Taxi of Tomorrow."

Sorry to disappoint, but I reserve my rounds for enemy combatants and criminals only :p

I'd challenge you on a range any day though :)

There's nothing wrong with expressing displeasure with politicians, I'm sure most people have some grievances against one or more, but you crossed the line with the not-so-subtle hint that they should be killed.

quote: Not seeing a line there really. Hell if you want me to, I can actually make a somewhat plausible case for charges of treason.

Then clearly you don't know the legal requirements for a charge of treason.

Also the issue really is that you don't see a line at all! You don't think there is a line that can't be crossed by reasonable, sane people. (I'm assuming, of course, that you count yourself as a reasonable, sane person.)

quote: I guess the War for Independence crossed a bunch of lines too. But I think that worked out pretty good /shrug

As you say, it was a *WAR*. It was declared. For the most part non-combatants were left alone. If, for example, Franklin had been captured by the British, he very likely would have been incarcerated for the remainder of the conflict. It is extremely unlikely the British would have shot him.

Unfortunately, it would seem to be that since you don't see any line at all, that anyone who disagrees with your stance on how our political system should be run is up for possible death -- and you'd sell tickets to it.

Again, you've really crossed the line this time. The sad thing is you don't even know it even after it's pointed out to you.

Sorry I believe in this country and what it stands for and the prosperity of 300+ million people are more important than career politicians.

Now, again, I'm not calling for anything to happen to anyone. There's no "line" being crossed. I'm simply saying what I think it would take to bring us back from the brink. Hell it couldn't hurt. Would you really care if all Liberals and Socialist in America were put down? I sure as hell wouldn't. Well you might, because you probably are one, but I digress...

Okay maybe that's too harsh. Let's just put them on an island where they are free to fuck up their own country and leave ours alone and our Constitution intact. Ooops never mind, the United Kingdom is already occupied. Damn!

Maybe you're taking this whole thing WAY WAY too seriously? God everyone is so pussified! Can't a man blow off some steam these days?